Hat-fastener.



N0. 682,7I5. Patented Sept. I7, |90I.

R. KIESEBLING, SR.

HAT FA'STENER.Y

(Application filed Jan. 7, 1901.)

v(No Model.)

' sition.

UNITED STATESV PATENT FFICE.

RICHARD KIESERLING, SR.,OI1 CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAT-FAST'EN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,715, dated September 17, 1901.

Application filed January 7,1901. Serial No. 42,407. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD KIESERLING, Sr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Hat-Fasteners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to dispense with the hat-pin which is now in such general use for fastening ladies hats and which is so objectionable on account of the injury it does to the hat and the wearers scalp and the dihiculty which is experienced in properly manipulating the same. I dispensewith the hat-pin entirely and provide an improved fastener adapted to be secured to the hat or other head-gear and avoid the sharp point necessary in a hat-pin, because the latter must pierce the material of the hat when being fastened. I provide a combshaped fastening adapted to be secured to the brim of the hat at its inner edge land to be slid under the hair near and along the scalp where the Wearers hair is thickest, preferably in the arc of a circle, so as to securely fasten the hat to the wearers head without danger of injury either to the hat or the wearers scalp or disarrangement of the hair and to be practically out of view when the hat is worn.

My invention consists in the parts andin the construction, arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed. l

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom view of a pair of my improved devices shown attached to a hat, one of the combs being shown in inserted and the other in drawn po- Fig. 2 isl a perspective view of the guide, and Fig. 3 is asimilar view of the comb of my improved device.

A indicates the hat, and B its brim; a, the front, and a the rear, of the hat.

C is a guide consisting, preferably, of a lower plate 1 and an upper or attaching plate 2, secured together in any suitable manner, between which a comb 3 is adapted to slide, preferably in the arc of a circle, upon a pivot 4. The comb 3 has teeth 5, preferably arranged in arcs of circles about the pivot 4, so that the entering-point of each tooth of the comb into the hair may be the point through which the tooth may pass throughout its length, so as not to disarrange the hair or push it sidewise while the comb is entering and so that the teeth of the comb may be withdrawn along the same lines along which they enter the hair. The guide C is fastened to the brim of the hat, preferably by stitches `6, taking through holes 11, the stitches eX- tending longitudinally of the guide C, so that the guide may swing upon the stitches as on apivot, thereby enabling the wearer when pushing the com b into the hair in fastening the hat to swing the comb to the desired angle from the plane in which it is normally fastened in order to cause the comb to follow the scalp-line in the manner that an ordinary comb would be angled in pushing it into the hair. To aid in inserting and withdrawing the comb, I provide the outer swinging end of the comb with an eX- tension '7, the outer edge of which may have a ridge 8 to aid in grasping the same. The guide C is preferably curved to follow a larger circle than the circle of the inner opening of the hat to afford the proper resistance in the manner of a leverage to the displacement of the comb from its normal plane, so that the hat when fastened may be securely held to the head.

I prefer to construct my improved device of Celluloid of the shell effect of ladies or dinary combs; but it is obvious that the same may be made of anysuitable material or color, but, constructed as I prefer, it is less liable to attract notice when worn, being usually of substantially the. color of the hat or the wearers hair and when noticed being readily mistaken for an ordinary comb. The guide by which it is secured to the hat is narrow and is ordinarily covered when worn by the loose hair beyond the point where the inner edge of the hat-brim sits upon the wearers head.

In order to limit the withdrawing ortho pushing in of the comb, I prefer to provide a tooth with a slot 9, through which a pin 10, secured to the guide, may take. The endsof the slot, striking the pin, limit the inward or the outward movement of the comb.Y When the comb is withdrawn to its limit, the ends of the teeth aretlush with or drawn' .beyond the edge of the guide, so that the hat may be placed upon the head or removed therefrom Geef/i5 without danger of mussing the hair. When the hat is upon the head and the comb is withdrawn from the hair, the teeth of the comb are drawn through the guide, so that no hair may be withdrawn with the teeth, the guide arresting the hair which might have a tendency to follow the teeth, thereby preventing tangling of the hair with the fastening.

It is of course understood that the fasteners are to be made in pairs, one for each side of the hat, preferably in rights and lefts. I prefer to secure the fasteners to the sides of the hat with their middle slightly to the rear of the middle of the side of the head, so that when the comb is pushed into the hair it will take hold of that part of the hair where on a womans head it is ordinarily thickest, giving to the hat greatest security upon the head. The curves along which the teeth of the comb are forced into the hair cause the teeth to cross the lines along which the hair has been combed in numerous places, thereby aording additional security.

The teeth of the comb gradually increase in length with the distance they are located from the pivotal point of the comb. The free ends of the teeth may also collectively describe a curve. When the comb is inserted into the hair and swung from its normal plane to follow the scalp, the curved inner line of the free ends of the teeth permits the ends of all the teeth to follow the scalp-line closely, the free ends of the teeth presenting a line conforming to the shape ot the head and at the same time permitting the longer teeth to take under the thickest part of the hair without disarrangement of the latter, holding the' hat firmly in place I claiml. In a hat-fastener, the combination with a guide comprising an elongated narrow loop adapted for attachment to the brim of a hat, of a comb pivoted within the guide and having its free portion adapted for movement therethrough and for projection therefrom, which is provided with a plurality of curved teeth which are su bstantiallycoincident with an equal number of arcs of circles struck at varying distances from the pivotal point of the comb as a center, the tips of said teeth collectively describing a curve, and one of said teeth having a curved slot, and a stoppin on the guide which passes through said slot.

2. In a hat-fastener, the combination with a guide composed of connected substantially parallel members disposed in separated ar rangement from each other and extensions at the ends thereof having apertures whereby the guide can be connected to the brim of a hat, of a comb pivoted within the guide and having its free portion adapted for movement therethrough and for projection therefrom, which is provided with an extension adapted for use as a ingerhold, said comb having a plurality of curved teeth which are substantially coincident with an equal number of arcs of circles struck at varying distances from the pivotal point of the comb as a center, with the tips of said teeth collectively describing a curve, the nearest tooth to the pivot being provided with a curved slot,` and a pin on the guide which lies in said slot and is adapted to limit the movement of the comb in both directions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name hereto in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

RICHARD KIESERLING, SR. Nitnessesz CHAs. A. GEHRLEIN, GEORGE J. BURKETT. 

